Jimbo Fisher gave credit where it was due.

But after then-No. 12 Florida State’s 37-34 loss to then-No. 3 Clemson at Doak Campbell Stadium Saturday night, Fisher was irate about the officiating.

FSU running back Dalvin Cook, who scored a career-high four touchdowns with 169 rushing yards, had a long run called back thanks to a chop block penalty on fullback Freddie Stevenson.

Fisher’s comments cost Florida State $20,000, the league announced on Sunday.

“I’m gonna tell you what: you hold coaches accountable, players accountable, hold the damn officials accountable. It’s garbage,” Fisher said.

“And then to call another penalty on the sideline is even more garbage. It’s cowardly, gutless and wrong. Now they can take it, fine it, do whatever they want to do with it.”

Cook broke free for a run of nearly 60 yards that would have put the Seminoles in Clemson territory with 11 minutes left in the fourth quarter. Instead, FSU was pinned at the 10-yard line.

The play, which occurred while FSU was clinging to a 28-26 lead in the fourth quarter, caused the Seminoles’ offense to stall during a pivotal moment in the game. Florida State also was called for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the sideline after Fisher protested the penalty.

Clemson was able to kick a field goal on the ensuing possession and Cook later was able to score his fourth touchdown of the game to give FSU a 34-29 lead. But the Seminoles fell after Deshaun Watson connected with Jordan Leggett for a 36-yard touchdown with 2:06 left to secure the victory.

Fisher said he did not get much explanation from the officials after the chop block was called on Stevenson.

“There ain’t none,” Fisher said. “‘Well, we didn’t miss it.’ The typical rah rah rah and boom bah. . . . Guys’ lives and careers are on the line and you are out here missing calls that obvious? It’s ridiculous. Shouldn’t be out here.”

Fisher was also upset a targeting call was not called on Clemson after FSU quarterback Deondre Francois, a former Orlando Olympia High standout, was hit later in the fourth quarter.

“And it was targeting on [Francois] when he got hit in the belly, when he got knocked out, the crown of the helmet right to the chest,” Fisher said. “He gets killed at Miami, they don’t call it. He got killed here. Both of them. Bad. Real bad.”

Junior safety Trey Marshall was ejected from the game for a targeting call later in the quarter, which Fisher also questioned.

Clemson receiver Mike Williams lowered his head after making the catch, but Marshall led with his shoulder to make a tackle and will miss the first half of FSU’s next game at NC State on Saturday.

“Whoever’s in the booth is bad, too,” Fisher said.

Watson and the Clemson offense, which converted only twice on third down before the fourth quarter, converted on five third-down plays and a pivotal fourth down in the final quarter against the Seminoles’ defense.

Running back Wayne Gallman had an 11-yard run on fourth-and-1 after Watson completed a 20-yard pass to Hunter Renfrow on third-and-21 to set up a field goal that gave Clemson a 29-28 lead. The last two plays during Clemson’s final scoring drive, an 11-yard completion to Leggett on third down before the game-winning touchdown, were the final touches on FSU’s defeat.

The Seminoles had two false-start penalties and gave up two sacks during their final drive of the game, marking an uneventful end for the Seminoles.

“They were going to throw haymakers and we were going to throw haymakers,” Fisher said. “We kept going at each other, and we had an opportunity to either seal it back up or win it at the end and we didn’t get it down. We let that go.”

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